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Upon a request made by Ambassador of Sri Lanka to the United States, Mahinda Samarasinghe, Mayor Muriel Bowser of Washington D.C. has issued a Proclamation declaring May 23, 2024 as “Vesak Festival Day” in the American Capital. The Ambassador made this request after meeting with the Mayor earlier this year.
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The Embassy of Sri Lanka in Washington D.C. celebrated Christmas on Saturday, 17 December 2022 at the chancery premises whilst streamed live via zoom and Facebook.
Ambassador Mahinda Samarasinghe extended his seasonal greetings to the audience both attended virtually and in person and recalled the milestones that Sri Lanka Embassy achieved during the year 2022 whilst acknowledging the in-kind assistance provided by the International Non-Government Organizations in the US in coordination with the Embassy. During his speech, Ambassador Samarasinghe enunciated that Christmas is the time to forge bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood and Sri Lanka is a multi-religious, multi-lingual and multi-ethnic society and nothing exemplifies this multicultural diversity more than the season of goodwill, peace and harmony.
Msgnr. John Paul Pedrera, representing the Apostolic Nunciature in Washington D.C. stressed that the universality of the message of Christmas was unity among all peoples of the world following the invoking of blessings to the audience.
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The United States of America with the concurrence of the Government of Sri Lanka has appointed Ms. Julie J. Chung as the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the United States of America to Sri Lanka based in Colombo. She has presented credentials to H.E. Gotabaya Rajapaksa, President of Sri Lanka on 25 February 2022 at 4.00 p.m. at the President’s House, Colombo 01.
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